Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-18

SHAFT No. of the Ashland mine, near
Hurley, Wis, caved in on the 10th, killing
three men and injuring another so badly
that he is not expected to live. The names
of the victims are Tim c. Dwyer, Steve
Meyer, John Toll and Louis Augustine
Joseph Urban had both legs broken
Dyer leaves a wife and five children al
Hancock, Mich. but the others are single
men.
THE residence of Henry Winsum at the
Crescent Coal works, Charleston, w. Va.
caught fire and was consumed on the 18th
In the building were two children, aged
five and seven years respectively. The
Younger Jumped from the building and
was caught by it's father, but the Other
was burned to death. When his remains
We're found they were wrapped in a lot OF
bed-clothes, showing that the child got
into bed to save itself.
FIRE ut Brooklyn, Ia, destroyed Kings
low opera-house. Loss, 200; no insur'
ance Stober's harness-shop building and
contents: loss, So, 900; insurance, 81 900. G.
Wins office; loss, $4,000; insurance, $500
| W. S. Sharp, implements; loss, 81 900 ;insur.
ance, 81 900. Roland's barber shop; loss.
$500; no insurance. William Crawford
was killed by falling building. Warren
Martin was run over by fire engine and
was fatally injured.
On the return trip to Detroit, Mich, OF
the steamer Alaska from Put-in-Bay on
the night of the 18th, a gang of toughs
took possession of the boat, assaulting
men, insulting women, and robbing pas.
| sengers without any pretense at conceal.
ment. Three passengers were badly
pounded, and the crew and passengers
We're so terrorized no resistance was offer.
ed. On arrival in Detroit two patrol
| Ill 80
made.
WILLIAM P. MAGNEEvY, an old steam.
boat hero of New Orleans, died ON the 18th
| LEVI HoLwIG, miner in New Mexico,
was crushed to death on the 10Th by a
rock falling on him.
THE appeal of Pranzini, the murderer OF
Nine. Regnault, has been rejected by the
high court of France.
| In the British House of Commons, on the
| 18th, Mr.. Parnell spoke strongly against
the amendments made to the Land bill by
| the House of Lords.
POSTMASTER HARRITY of Philadelphia
has been exonerated after investigation on
charges of violating Civil-Service rules.
THE reports of the various departments
| at Washington to Senator Cockrell's in
| vestigating committee are complete, and
have been turned over to the Public
Printer.
| PRINCE FERDINAND's halt on his way tC
| Sofia is interpreted to mean that Austria
| will not furnish much physical aid in his
| behalf in the face of the pronounced oppo-
sition of Russia and Turkey.
| Sol CONVERSE was hanged at Hampton,
| S. c., on the 18th, for the murder of Jordan
Robinson. He said his sentence was just.
FRANK WILSON was hanged at Prescott,
| Ariz., on the 10Th, for the murder of Sam
May. 1885, on the summit of the Buskin
| mountains, few miles from the Utah
line.
THE photographers succeeded on the
18th, after lengthy session at Chicago,
in electing E Decker, of Cleveland, presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Minneapolis
was fixed upon as the place for holding
the next meeting.
JAMES KENDRIC, a laborer on the new
Capitol at Austin, Tex, was shot and seri-
ously wounded in the head, arm and leg
on the 18th by his wife. She alleges that
he came into the house and attempted to
cut her throat with razor.
JULIUS BUCKS, a ten-year-old son of John
Bucks, at Alma, Lafayette County, Mo.
met with horrible death on the 18th, by
being smothered to death in a grain eleva-
tor in which he was playing.
A GANG of men employed on the North
western railway extension at Watersmeet,
Mich, ON the 18th, sat down near newly
constructed water-tank to rest after they
had filled the tank, and it fell to pieces.
killing six men and badly injuring six
others.
RAYMOND MEYERS, living on the farm of
his father-in-law, James Mills, southeast
of Des Moines, Ia, was gored to death by
bull on the 18th, the horn going entirely
through his body. He lived only twenty
minutes after receiving the injury.
FIRE at the Mendoza (Wis.) insane
hospital on the 18th, destroyed the large
frame barn belonging to the institution,
100 tons of hay, eleven head of thorough
bred cattle, one fine Holstein bull, valued
at $1,000, and nearly all the farm ma.
chinery, wagons, sleighs, etc. The total
loss is 10000, with no insurance.
AN extensive and costly conflagration
was in progress in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
morning of the 18th, in which property to
the value of over million dollars was in
volved, including the Masonic Hall and
buildings adjoining.